Stand out solo recordings

As a bass player who is quite fond of listening to brass band music on his long commutes, I have plenty of excellent bass solo recordings, as well as general band recordings. However, I don't have much in the way of solo CDs on other instruments, which I'd like to rectify. The other instruments may not be basses, but they're not all bad, right? I might even like them, if I give them a go!

So what is the outstanding horn/trombone/sop/whatever recording of, say, the last 10 years, to start off with?

A good music collection is a necessity for any long journey. I got a box-set of all the Mahler Symphonies for a flight to Los Angeles this summer.
A mix of brass solo CD´s would probably have been a better choice, so here is my suggestion for your next trip.

A must in any brass collection is "Peace - The music of John Golland" with David Childs. It is simply stunningly beautiful.
The second movement of Euphonium Concerto no 2 alone is worth the price of the CD, and the rest of the numbers are great too.

"The sound of David Daws" if you just want a cornet sound that is unbelievable. In my mind the greatest cornet player I have ever heard

As a tuba player you probably already have these, but there are two great norweigan tubists Øystein Baadsvik (of Fnugg fame) with "Tuba Carnival" (not with brass band) and Eirik Gjerdevik with "Eirik the Viking" (partly with Stavanger Brass Band). Both are great musicians with a lot of new stuff.

If you add "Legends" with Peter Roberts and "Winters Tale" with Martin Winter you should have enough for a transatlantic flight. If not - just listen to Martin Winters rendition of Tomlinsons Cornet Concerto over and over again until you reach your destination - I guarantee you won´t get bored.

Don't know if it's still available but 'No Limits' with Sergei Nakariakov is just superb. One might question the validity of transcribing major string solos for trumpet and flugelhorn, but when you hear them played by Nakariakov (particularly the Saint-Saens Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso) it sounds so natural. The arrangements make no allowance to transpose to an 'easier' brass key. The Saint-Saens is in the original key of A and Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme is also kept in its original A. A truly magnificent recording, in my view.

Andy Cattanach recommended to me one solo album released in 2006 that gets constant airplay from me ... Exquisite - The Artistry of Malcolm McNab. This well-respected Hollywood trumpet player pulls no punches in his delivery of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto. There is a suite written for him by Bruce Broughton that he plays on cornet. Absolutely superb playing!!! Have a listen to the audio clips.

One of the most striking solo cds I've come across recently is "Gung-Ho" by the New Zealand trombone player David Bremner. Mainly recent works but very approachable, and with a range of accompaniments, he has a real gift of communication with the listener.

Another first class recording is "Finnish Euphonium" by Jukka Myllys. Top class playing in very challenging repertoire; probably not generally available any more, but worth looking out for on ebay etc.

Not sure its the sort of stuff you'd want to listen to on a long commute (its so mellow it might put you to sleep!) but its a damn good study in how to play the flugelhorn in a brass band - and I'm convinced he has four lungs and two diaphrams.